Striders WRC 10 Mile race.
It lived up to its hype of another killer race. After an easy 2 miles to warmup we hit the road. The weather cleared up enough to make the race almost ideal. It was breezy and maybe 5 degrees cooler than I would like, but ideal. Not as many big names came to this race but there were still plenty of people there.
There were some course issues that made the course too short, so I will report my splits based on my Garmin. By the way, it came out to be about .1 mile short.
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Mile 1
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6:03
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Little up Little Down |
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Mile 2
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5:24
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All Downhill, people still pulling away from me |
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Mile 3
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6:04
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Rolling Hills |
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Mile 4
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6:16
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More Rolling Hills |
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Mile 5
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7:03
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Start of big hills |
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Mile 6
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7:10
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Uhh... hilly |
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Mile 7
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7:43
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Kill me now!! |
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Mile 8
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5:42
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Finally! Downhill again |
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Mile 9
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6:13
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Slower than I wanted, people that I passed on uphill passed me back during this mile. |
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Mile 10
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6:07 (ave)
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Passed the people back on short uphill and kicked hard. I passed a guy in the last 100meters. |
Finished in 1:03:01 (6:18 ave Pace).
Ave HR: 177 Max HR: 186 (during last .25mi)
12th Place overall and 5th in Men 25-29
Official Results are here: RESULTS
I feel really good about it as I was able to work the uphills ok. I still couldn't rip the downhills like the people around me. That may be something to work on. My foot issue was not much of a factor. I don't think it slowed me much if any. It is nice that we have a break before the next race as my body is trashed right now.
Some people on the Blog had some GREAT races and Congrats to them. Especially Paul and Ted. They both ran very well.
Cooled down with some more miles. | 